Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 26, 1912, Page 2

THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., JUNE 26, 1912. Jobn Randolph, s past master of cutting invective, once, it is recalled, = = The soil may be said to be alive. It member this.. After she is yours|ts a matrix supporting various groups A of definite micro-organisms, and the such things are appreciated even|inyestigations of the past fow years indicate the possibility of determin- more than before. She knows that ing by nct:rlolulul dhno:u the think crop producing capacities of different o8 more of her, of course, but solls. It has been shown that the ac- still she likes to be told and she likes ul:.il “h““ fl"]""’"'" xf“"" Mhm clally samples o! , correl to be shown even better. Naturally|fairly well with the productiveness of . . the same soils under fleld conditions. she can’t tell you this but try her just | —Harper's Weekly. ith a box of o . s dwe o Might Have Known It. how much it means. Why not? A New Yorker suffering from stom- ach trouble was put under an X-ray :.nld learned th;; hoe:ld -wlllm:.dnlll se teeth. e chump might have NOI‘I‘IS, A“anta, Calllles :;on it from the goawing pain ia —_————— CE-E-E-R-B-R-R-R-R-RK-N-B-K-J-] -] -] :Ille I’rofesslons: CX-B-B-N-N-N-N-E-N-N-N-R-5-X-} DR. SAMUEL F. SMITH. SPECIALIST Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Glasses Scientifically Prescribed Phone: Office 141, Resldence 22. Bryant Bldg. Lakeland, Fla. DR. W. . IRVIN DENTIST Established in July, 1900 dooms 14 and 16 Kentucky Building Phones: Office 180; Residence 84 DR. K. L. BRYAN, DENTIST. Rooms 8 and 9, Deen & Bryant Bulld- ing. Phone. 339. Residence Phone 246 Green. LAKELAND, FLA. Dr. Sarah E. Wheeler OSTEOPATH PHYSICIA Rooms S, 6 and 17, Bryant Building Lakeland, Fla. Quick Delivery Red Cross Pharmacy PHONE 89 RN The Cigar That Made Lakeland Famous DR R R BULLIVAN, —PHYSICIAN— Opecial attention given to Surgery and Gynecology DR. W. R. GROOVER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rooms 3 and 4 Kentucky Bldg. Lakeland, Florida. C. M. TRAMMELL, Attorney-at-Law. Offices, Bryant Buildiug Lakeland, Fla. A 1 BLUNTS & For Sale at All Stands SURE DEATH T0] BED- 1BUGS AND INSECTS Agents wanted anywhere and ev- erywhere. Rid your houses today of bedbugs and get a good night's rest. It will | Roor 7 Stuart Bldg. cost you little, and is guaranteed, or your “money back. It will kill any irsect from a red buy to a cockroach. $1 a gallon or $1.25 delivered. ROGERJ & ELANTON Lawyers. Brydnt Block, ‘'Phone 319 Lakeland, Fla. TUCKER & TUCKER, —Lawyers— Raymondo Bldg. Lakeland, R. B. HUFFAKER, ~Attorney-at-Law— Bartow, Fla. Florlda INO. 8. EDWARDS Attorney-at-Law. Office In Munn Building. LAKELAND, FLORIDA. —GEORGE T. HOLDER— Master of Dancing. Q Private Lessons, =] icky avenue Bowyer building. | )RANGE 11ALL. "PHONE 330-RED. Apply to ELLERBE Lop, 207 North shoe and harue S. L. A. CLONTS Real [state office in Clonts’ Building. CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY— SOME FINE BARGAINS. J. B. Streater C. F. Kennedy STREATER & KENNEDY Contractors and Builders, Let ug talk with you about your building large or small Telephone 169, or 104 Blue. G. D. & H. D. MENDENHALL Civil Engineers and Architects Rooms 212-215 Drane Bldg. LAKELAND, FLA. Phosphate land examination. veys, examination, reports. . Blueprirting. "Ic_‘. Estimates Cheerfully Furnished.:ed in his busom cousin's Sur- wealthy and city-bred relative. knew that to her mind her wed- would be but a poor affair if she could not have him and his present to display to her assembled friends, and being abnormally considerate of the feelings of others, he had consented to go, and had spent far more money than he felt justified in doing in the purchase of a set of sterling silver tableware in a neat wooden case, which be had at that moment under one arm, and which was very heavy. In addition to the wedding present he was encumbered with an umbrella, a suit case and a ralncoat. “What a fool 1 was to write Mary Anne not to send to the station for me,” he growled, “and that a walk of three miles along a peaceful, grassy country lane would be delighttul. Grassy country lane, indeed! It's & pasty, weedy, dusty, rutty road. But it's country all right! Oh yes! It's country, and its peacefull all right. There's not a soul in sight. “Now | wonder how the deuce Mary Anne ever found a man to suit her in this Sleepy Hollow, where nothing ever happens? She always had her heart set on a hero, a man with good red blood in his veins, a doer of deeds.” By this time Grimsby had arrived at a bit of sequestered woodland through which the dusty road wandered in an aimless fashion, as it it had no clear notion concerning the direction which 1t wished to pursue. Hardly had he en- tered this wood and turned the first curve before a man, dressed in a ready made and illfitting black frock sult and wearing a stiff-bosomed white shirt, a tall straight collar and a palr of cuffs which fell down to his thumbs, strolled out from the shelter of some tall bushes, presented a revolver and remarked curtly: “Money’r yer life! Hands up!” Craven fear surged through Grims- by, his knees knocked together and he felt a strange, creeping sensation un- der his bat “Don’t shoot!” he gasped, finding it impossible to obey the command re- garding his bands promptly and drop- ping to his knees instead. “Don't shoot! Il hold up my hands as quick as I can.” He grasped his coat and umbrella in one hand, slipped his thumb through the heavy cord with which the pack- age containing the wedding present was tled and taking it and the sult case in the other, managed to execute the maneuver clumsily. “Hum,” sald the highwayman, re- flectively, “you might have put them down. It would have been easier.” Then he walked up and unhooked the wedding present from Grimsby's extended thumb. “That's all I want,” he sald laconie- ally, and walked off. For a moment Grimsby remained on his knees, with his encumbered hands still raised aloft, then he slowly low- ered them and rose tremblingly to his feet. The highwayman shufling off down the road looked over his shoulder. “Going to the wedding?” he called. “Cause If you be, you might as well come along with me.” He paused and waited. Grimsby, too bewildered to reply, walked on dls- trustfully, until he had caught up to him. He noticed more particularly the man's clothes, the Sunday clothes of a rustic, and the honest tan of his face and hands. Suddenly an explanation came to him. The fellow was, like himself, a wedding guest, and having no present of his own and no money to buy one such as he deemed suitadble —perhaps he was a discarded admirer of Mary Anne's who wished to make a show—had declded on this bold ex- pedient. At first it seemed that it would be an easy matter to denounce the fel- low and recover his property, and then he saw that it wouldn't. Suppose the he saw that it wouldn't. In silence he walked by the ¥ man's side until they reached door of Uncle Nathan's abode the highwayman, throwin. open with a certaln noncha er amazing under the circ said: “Walk right in mister” called more loudly, “M: Here's Mr. Grimsby!™ Before he had time to reflect on | | these proceedings Grimsby was enfald- loving arms, jand by the time he had greeted hia uncle and aunt, the highwayman had disappeared. He had barely made up | his mind to tell Mary Anne that he | | had sent a gift by express and to be | very indignant and astonisheg because {1t had not arrived on time, when his | | Aunt Martha took him into the down: | stairs bedroom to sce the presents, | .‘M there in the place of honor tll’ hizhway- | e front | Then | the door e, rath- tances, | | then Anne! the sterling silver, with his own card properly displayed. Mightily bewildered, he bad not time to puzzle over the explanation of the matter, for a whisper ran about that the fatal moment had asrived and he found himeelf huddled up against the wall with the other guests and waiting: in hushed expectancy, While Mary Anne's sister began to drawl & wed- ding march on the organ and every- body kept still and breathed bard. After an age, and strung out about three rods apart, the wedding party appeared and took places before the gray-baired clergyman in the corner. The bridegroom’s turn came, and be made an awkward, sidling entrance through a narrow doog. “Hah!” exclaimed Grimsby, then coughed confusedly and blushed. The bridegroom was the highway- man of the wooded eurve in the road. “Why on earth?” thought Grimaby, and “What on earth?’ and “Who on earth?” Then be lapsed into semi-uncon- sciousness as the wedding march came to the end and the clergyman cleared his throat. The preliminary parts of the cere mony were soon gone through. “Martin,” sald the minister, turning to the bridegroom, “wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Wiit thou love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health; and for- saking all other, keep thee only unto her, 80 long as ye both shall live?” “I wilt,” responded the bridegroom, distinctly, but he didn't look like it. “Mary Anne,” resumed the clergy- ! man, turning to the bride, “Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded hus- band, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matri- mony? Wilt thou love, honor, and keep him, in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?” “I wilt not,” sald Mary Anne, and | the emphasis was on the not. There was a sensation, but:it wasn't as much of a sensation as it would have been if the fssembly had not been composed wholly of Mary Anne's lifelong friends and acquaintances. It was not consternation, but restrained hilarity, which made the guests breathe deeply and sway to and fro. The clergyman paused, closed the book over his thumb, pushed his spec- tacles back on his forehead and looked reprovingly at the refractory bride. The bridegroom did not seem either surprised nor annoyed. “Mary Anne,” began the clergyman sternly, “did I understand you to say that you wouldn't?” “You did,” afirmed Mary Anne em- phatically, with flashing eyes, glowing cheeks, and deflant mien. “But she will just the same,” declar- ed the bridegroom with confidence. We Won’t Sacrifice Quality but we are always studying how to Increase The Quantity We give the “most now but we are anxious to giv more. Phone us and prove it. Best Butter, perpound . .............oohiiinniii.l, e LE T TR R RS R SO Cottolene, 10 pound pails. ...... g el ; Cottolene, 4-pound pails................ : Snowdrift, 10-poun] pails. 4 cans family size Cream 7 cans baby size Cream. .. 1-2 barrel best Flour........ 12 pounds best Flour....... .........cooonvnnin.n. 140 Picnic Hams, perpound ..............coo0vvivneinnn., 1212 Cudahy's Uncanvassed Hams........................... it | Octagon Soap, 6 for......... Ground Coffee, per pound 5 gallons Kerosene E. G. Tweedell “I will not,” reiterated Mary Anne. “Now, Mary Anne, my dear young woman,” expostulated the clergymas. “What does this mean? How does it come that when we have all assembled here to witness your marriage to Mar- tin, that you flatly refuse him? You must explain yourself or Il go right ahead and pronounce you man and wife anyway.” “I'll explain, Mr. Cutright,” declared Mary Anne proudly, “I'll explain glad- ly. I have been the victim of an im- position. When Martin asked me to marry him I told him that I had only one objection, and that was that he wasn't a hero, a man to stir the hearts of those with good red blood in thelr velns. Martin sald he was a hero, only he'd never had a chance to show any of it around here, where things was always so quiet. But he promised me solemnly that it I'd have him, he would do something real herolcal be- fore the solemn hour and article of the wedding. “Now, Mr. Cutright, that solemn hour and article has come. I gave Mar- tin up to the very last minute. Hehas falled to do the deed and I won't mar- ry him, go there. Ho has deceived me. He has failed to keep the promise that he made.” Mary Anne turned and pointed at her betrothed husband dramatically, and In excellent imitation of a trag- edy queen she hissed the one word: “Coward!" | “l ain’t, neither,” sald Martin em- phatically, scratching the place where | his stiff collar sawed his neck most, “and I hain't failed to keep my prom- | ise, and I can prove it by Mr. Grims- by, over there in the corner.” He swung half way about and caught Grimsby’s eves, then swung back end faced the clergyman. “Mr. Grimsby will testify that no later than this very day I done a brave and herofcal deed and he seen me. 1 don’t like to brag and so I won't say | what it was and [ won't ask Mr. Grims. by to say. All I ask is that he will solemnly before this here assembled ! congregation declare that what | sa"l 1s s0.” -3 “fs thie true. cousin Harold®" de- manded Mary Anne, facing about eag- | erly. i it's tr | excitedly that Mr.- he couldn’t re surname—" hero—and a &« | “1 can bel n Harold,” ! declared Mary Anne turning back to the clersyms T am satis- | fied.” | ~Ahem!” interrupted the clergyman, | opening his book ag: then, that I may res mony ™" i “You may,” agreed Mary Anne, | blandly, #and I change my answer grom ‘I wilt not,’ to ‘T wilt too." " “Jehoshaphat!” muttered Grimsby. ume the cere | Welcomg oney IS Alwayst 1T your good will comes with it. We don't want it unless you are th oughly satisfied with what you buy here. WHEN WE SELL YOU ny the sale or we do not consider the complete satisfaction mus: transaction a success. In short unles s you are satisfied we are no' CHILES L. B. WEEKS —DEALER IN— Stapleljand Fancy Groceries.; Ha). Grain and Feedstuffs PHONE 119 Cowdery Building ° WITH WO00D'S MEAT MARKET 10 1bs. Bucket Snowdrift Lard 4 1bs. Bucket Snowdrift Lard ... 1-2 bbl Flour in Wood ....... . 24 1b. Sack Flour 12 1b.Sack Flour 7 Cans Small Cream 3 Cans Extra Large Cream... 3 Cans Tomatoes 1 1b. Cracker Boy Coffee. ... 11b. Best Butter Stafolife, per Sack Hay. best. per 100 lbs.. .. Chicken Fr . per Sack.. Oats, per ¢ k Shorts, »-~ Sack e The Telegram Is lJp-Io-lo